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Day: June 28, 2012

Bulgaria News 

German MP and gay rights campaigner to join Sofia Pride

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Volker Beck, a member of Germany’s lower house of parliament, will visit Bulgaria to join the Sofia Pride parade, scheduled

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgaria to tackle reckless jet-ski riders

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry said on June 28 that it would launch unannounced checks on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast to ensure

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Europe News 

Serbian president Nikolić hands socialists’ Dačić mandate to form government

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Serbian president Tomislav Nikolić handed a mandate on June 28 to Socialist Party of Serbia leader Ivica Dačić to form

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Bulgaria News 

Bulgarian Parliament approves Refuse Management Act

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian MPs passed on second reading on June 28 the Refuse Management Act, bringing to conclusion a legislative process that

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Europe News 

Hague court drops one Karadžić genocide charge, refuses 10 acquittal motions

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia dismissed on June 28 2012 Radovan Karadžić’s oral motion for a judgement

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Bulgaria News 

Five million leva jackpot for grabs in Bulgarian state lottery

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

More than five million leva (about 2.5 million euro) will be up for grabs in one of the jackpots of

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s Media Wars 1: When the ink smears

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The press barons of Bulgaria are whacking each other with rolled-up newspapers, figuratively speaking, in a media war with profound

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Bulgaria News Perspectives 

Bulgaria’s Media Wars 2: The bashing of bTV

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 Clive Leviev-Sawyer

The slogan of bTV, Bulgaria’s most-viewed privately-owned television channel, is “all points of view”. The channel, which ratings claim to

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Bulgaria News 

Seven arrested in Bulgarian cigarette smuggling ring bust

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Seven people were arrested on June 28 during a series of police raids aimed at busting a large cigarette-smuggling operation,

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